Commentary: Emergency department sonography in the initial evaluation of blunt abdominal injury in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 161-163

  Taylor, G A ^a   Kaufman, R A ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ASCITIC FLUID; CHILD; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMAN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0027203844     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02013820     Document Type: Article

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